EVALUATION OF THE EFFECT OF ADVANCED MACHINING & PROCESS IMPROVEMENT TECHNOLOGIES IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES


Advanced manufacturing technology (AMT), known to perform repetitive functions and work without permanent alteration of equipment, has been on the increase in most manufacturing industries for their process improvement and overall production. Being a technique which is likely to cause constructive changes in a firm’s manufacturing practices, as well as management systems and its approach, this paper evaluates the effect of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies in Nigerian Manufacturing industries. Survey research design was used in this work for data collection. The data were collected from four sectors of manufacturing industries. The majority of respondents are from automobile sectors, followed by process sectors, electrical & electronics sectors and industrial machinery and equipment sectors. Respondents were requested to choose a response on five point likert scale; anchored at one end with ‘least important’ meriting a score 1 and the other by ‘most important’ meriting a score of 5. After which the hypotheses testing were performed by testing the level of conformity between the variables. The results showed that the implementation of new technology within an industry for the purpose of improving efficiencies, developing flexibility and enhancing output represents an innovative development. It is concluded that efficiency enhancement of manufacturing industries can be accomplished through advanced manufacturing technologies. KEYWORDS: Advanced Manufacturing Technology (AMT); CNC/DNC; Kaizen; Benchmarking; Recycling


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